no TV\online coverage is unfortunate, is there anyone going that could provide a periscope or facebook video feed?

wp_rathead wrote: Healy, Tom and Heenan not in the 23

Connacht Rugby wrote: *both Matt Healy and Cian Kelleher picked up injuries in training during the week
Paternity Leave: Tom McCartney

Congrats Tom.

Good team, would like to see Muldoon and Buckley rested but next week might be a better time for that. Delighted to see Delahunt starting, hopefully Cannon can help shore up the lineout.

The Ronaldsonny-Bill/Aki partnership is so important in everything we do going forward, hopefully they can put our wingers into better positions than they have been recently. Niyi caught fire after scoring a few tries last year so hopefully the same will happen again.

Is JP Cooney focusing more on loosehead now? What does it say about academy/fringe tightheads that Andress is ahead of them?

sea_point wrote: Cooney covering Nine/Ten again...should be starting though...

Yeah, I'd rather the composed systemic Cooney starting and Blade as impact sub too. Didn't work awful well with Blade starting and Cooney subbing last w/e

Dani needs a positive game, needs to be secure defensively and to get himself involved in attack, in fact both wingers need to do more this week than we've seen recently..

Couple of lads clearly being rested for bigger fish ahead, but good to see Delahunt getting some game time. A very good prospect...

Cooney covering Nine/Ten again...should be starting though...

Feck we are desperate for front row cover if Andress is getting named even on bench.
As we saw against Zebre (in CC) when he came on after 46mins for Finlay (and pretty much every appearance he's made so far), he doesn't have the legs anymore and was absolutely destroyed in the scrum...

www.connachtrugby.ie/connacht-team-to-fa...viso-5/#ConnachtNews

Connacht team to face Benetton Treviso

Sunday February 26th, kick off 13:30, Stadio Monigo

(Connacht caps in brackets)

15 Tiernan O’Halloran (120)
14 Niyi Adeolokun (51)
13 Bundee Aki (53)
12 Craig Ronaldson (60)
11 Danie Poolman (79)
10 Jack Carty (73)
9 Caolin Blade (39)

1 Denis Buckley (110)
2 Shane Delahunt (23)
3 Finlay Bealham (74)
4 Ultan Dillane (38)
5 James Cannon (11)
6 Sean O’Brien (33)
7 Nepia Fox-Matamua (18)
8 John Muldoon (294) (captain)

Replacements:

16 Dave Heffernan (77)
17 JP Cooney (45)
18 John Andress (4)
19 Quinn Roux (48)
20 Naulia Dawai (6)
21 John Cooney (33)
22 Tom Farrell (3)
23 Stacey Ili (9)

Team for Treviso...

Connacht Rugby wrote:
15 Tiernan O’Halloran (120)
14 Niyi Adeolokun (51)
13 Bundee Aki (53)
12 Craig Ronaldson (60)
11 Danie Poolman (79)
10 Jack Carty (73)
9 Caolin Blade (39)

1 Denis Buckley (110)
2 Shane Delahunt (23)
3 Finlay Bealham (74)
4 Ultan Dillane (38)
5 James Cannon (11)
6 Sean O’Brien (33)
7 Nepia Fox-Matamua (18)
8 John Muldoon (294) (captain)

Replacements:

16 Dave Heffernan (77)
17 JP Cooney (45)
18 John Andress (4)
19 Quinn Roux (48)
20 Naulia Dawai (6)
21 John Cooney (33)
22 Tom Farrell (3)
23 Stacey Ili (9)

Delahunt, Poolman, Fox, Cannon and Aki all start

Farrell, Roux, and Ili on the bench

Healy, Tom and Heenan not in the 23

Only Marmian in the 23 for the France game, gives us good options for this game and also the week after.
10 points please

Evil_g wrote: Any chance of a potato quality youtube stream like there was for the game in Parma I wonder?

Nah, those guys only had the Italian rights on an interim basis while they sorted out the deal with Eurosport. Now that is sorted and Eurosport are showing the Zebre Ulster game, which is on at the same time.
If ye phone me from Rabbitt's and plug me into the PA, I can treat ye to the most ill-informed commentary in the history of sport.

Any chance of a potato quality youtube stream like there was for the game in Parma I wonder?

Unfortunately not, for the first time this season GBFM cannot cover a match.

cadman wrote: Unfortunately it is not on radio either, but the Craggy Crew plan to have the full story of the match in next weeks podcast.

Are ye heading over cadman? Will there be the odd live update on GBFM?

Unfortunately it is not on radio either, but the Craggy Crew plan to have the full story of the match in next weeks podcast.

I'd keep all of them out and let Farrell one last game

Except if Roux isn't released, then Brownie on the bench

Podge57 wrote: Excited about this now!

anyone know if it is on TV?

Not on TV according to pro12rugby.com.